Don 'Red' Barry

Acting · 1.3 popularity

Age

114

Movies

144

Born: January 11, 1912 – July 17, 1980
From: Houston, Texas, USA

Biography

Donald Barry went from the stage to the screen. After four years of playing villains and henchmen at various studios, Barry got the role that changed his image: Red Ryder in the Republic Pictures serial Adventures of Red Ryder (1940). Although he had appeared in westerns for two years or so, this was the one that kept him there. He acquired the nickname "Red" from his association with the Red Ryder character. After the success of "Red Ryder" Barry starred in a string of westerns for Republic. Studio chief Herbert J. Yates got the idea that Barry could be Republic's version of James Cagney, as he was short and had the same scrappy, feisty nature that Cagney had. Unfortunately, while Barry could in fact be a good actor when he wanted to be -- as he showed in the World War II drama The Purple Heart (1944) -- his "feistiness", combative nature and oversized ego caused him to alienate many of the casts and crews he worked with at Republic (ace serial director William Witney detested him, calling him "the midget", and director John English worked with him once and refused to ever work with him again). Barry made a series of westerns at Republic throughout the 1940s, but by 1950 his career had pretty much come to a halt, and he was reduced to making cheaper and cheaper pictures for bottom-of-the-barrel companies like Lippert and Screen Guild. Barry continued to work and still appeared in westerns up through the 1970s, but they were often in small supporting roles, sometimes unbilled. In 1980 he committed suicide by shooting himself.

Works

144 films

Ocean's Eleven

19606.4

Rio Lobo

19706.5

Orca

19776.2

Shalako

19685.6

The Swarm

19785.0

Bandolero!

19686.6

Warlock

19596.8

Alvarez Kelly

19666.2

Hooper

19786.3

Johnny Got His Gun

19717.5

Only Angels Have Wings

19397.3

From Noon Till Three

19765.9

Starsky & Hutch

19756.9

7 Men from Now

19566.8

Dead End

19377.1

Back Roads

19815.4

Hustle

19755.7

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

19786.0

Walk on the Wild Side

19626.6

Boss Nigger

19756.7

Junior Bonner

19726.1

The Shakiest Gun in the West

19686.2

Ringside

19495.0

One More Train to Rob

19715.4

Jack Pot

19406.7

Town Tamer

19656.8

Sailor's Lady

19406.5

The Crash of Flight 401

19786.8

Flying Down to Rio

19336.3

I'll Cry Tomorrow

19556.2

The Magnificent Stranger

19667.0

Night Waitress

19366.4

Goldie and the Boxer

19795.6

Undercover with the KKK

19795.2

The Purple Heart

19446.1

China Doll

19586.9

Law of the Lawless

19646.5

Frankenstein 1970

19585.4

Apache Uprising

19656.4

The Dalton Gang

19495.3

Incident on a Dark Street

19735.3

The Twinkle In God's Eye

19557.5

Death Valley Outlaws

19419.0

Beloved Enemy

19366.3

Iron Angel

19647.5

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

19768.5

Punch and Jody

19749.0

Train To Tombstone

19505.0

Fort Utah

19674.3

The Plainsman and the Lady

19466.0

Twilight of Honor

19636.5

Navy Blue and Gold

19375.8

Panama Patrol

19397.5

The Big Operator

19596.0

Hunters Are for Killing

19706.0

Gun Duel in Durango

19575.6

S.O.S Tidal Wave

19396.8

Remember Pearl Harbor

19427.0

When's Your Birthday?

19375.5

The Last Crooked Mile

19465.5

The Duke of West Point

19384.5

Saga of Death Valley

19396.7

The Last Mile

19596.5

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

19396.1

Days of Jesse James

19395.1

Adventures of Red Ryder

19406.7

Untamed Heiress

19546.5

Young Dr. Kildare

19386.7

The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West

19764.5

Whiffs

19757.3

The Eyes of Charles Sand

19726.3

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

19706.8

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

19787.0

Arizona Terrors

19427.0

Blazing Stewardesses

19753.3

Red Desert

19497.0

The Phantom Cowboy

19418.0

Doctor Dracula

19784.2

The Crowd Roars

19387.0

Wyoming Outlaw

19395.8

I Shot Billy the Kid

19504.5

A Cry for Justice

19799.0

Hostile Guns

19675.6

Black Hills Express

19436.5

California Joe

19438.0

Calling Dr. Kildare

19396.6

Bells of Rosarita

19456.2

Stagecoach Express

19426.3

Texas Terrors

19405.5

Canyon City

19438.0

Square Dance Jubilee

19495.0

Train to Alcatraz

19487.7

Outlaws of Santa Fe

19448.0

Jesse James' Women

19544.5

My Buddy

19449.0

Ghost Valley Raiders

19408.0

Red Tomahawk

19676.8

Carson City Cyclone

19437.0

Sinners in Paradise

19385.4

Donovan's Kid

19797.5

Tough Assignment

19496.8

Desert Bandit

19419.0

My Outlaw Brother

19515.6

The Woman I Love

19377.0

Wyoming Wildcat

19418.0

Walk Like a Dragon

19606.3

The Sombrero Kid

19425.0

Dead Man's Gulch

19437.0

One Man's Law

194010.0

Born Reckless

19583.9

Two Gun Sheriff

19417.5

Convict Stage

19656.4

Fort Courageous

19655.1

The Traitor Within

194210.0

Buckstone County Prison

19787.0

Bridal Bail

19343.0

The Cyclone Kid

19425.0

Gunfire

19507.0

Days of Old Cheyenne

194310.0

The West Side Kid

1943

Partners in Crime

19735.0

Outlaws of Pine Ridge

194210.0

Lightnin' in the Forest

19484.7

Slippy McGee

19487.0

Kansas Cyclone

194110.0

Fugitive from Sonora

19437.0

War Party

19656.3

The One Man Jury

19785.4

Border Rangers

19509.0

The Sundown Kid

19429.0

Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys

19789.0

Jesse James, Jr.

19425.5

Madonna of the Desert

19488.0

The Apache Kid

19419.0

Think It Over

19387.3

Calling All Marines

193910.0

The Tulsa Kid

19406.5

The Man from the Rio Grande

19438.0

Buffalo Gun

19619.0

The Chicago Kid

194510.0

A Missouri Outlaw

19417.0

Frontier Vengeance

19407.0

That's My Gal

194710.0

Saleslady

19388.0